People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.
No mortal can keep a secret. If the lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore.
Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.
I despise people who depend on these things [heroin and cocaine]. If you really want a mind-altering experience, look at a tree.
Johnny Cash has always been larger than life.
There is no marvel in a woman learning to speak, but there would be in teaching her to hold her tongue.
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
By providing students in our Nation with such an education, we help save our children from the clutches of poverty, crime, drugs, and hopelessness, and we help safeguard our Nation's prosperity for generations yet unborn.
One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.
I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.
It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won't go.
The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.
The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
More than 26,000 lives may be lost to the effects of drug abuse this year. This tragic impact is felt in communities across this great nation. Sadly many of these deaths occur among our young people.
How can you thank a man for giving you what's already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what is yours?
Human nature is not totally fixed, but on any realistic scale, evolutionary processes are much too slow to affect it.
Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
